Theology in the age of identity

Taboo-ridden news reporting in the 2020s would baffle people from even a decade ago

Back in the early days of the Church, Christianity was split by the Arian controversy, a dispute originating with two Alexandrian theologians, Arius and Athanasius. Alexandrian theologians were always hair-splitting but this one in particular proved deadly, arising over the exact relationship between God and Christ.

This question, over whether the Son …